A fan project to document as much info about Rank 1 as possible. Consider it my "Thank You!" to them and the many years of great music they've provided us with as well as a helping hand to other Rank 1 fans wanting to know more about them! Enjoy your stay ;)

Thursday, March 19, 1998

Rank 1's Other Projects

These are the other projects Piet and/or Benno were involved in next to their own Rank 1 business. Let me first present an overview of their aliases, followed by actual releases. I've added 3-letter (extensive list) & 2-letter codes (short list) in front of each release so you know whether Piet, Benno or both were involved.

NOTE: I have omitted the Benno co-productions he has done with Armin as "Armin van Buuren" as it's a pretty big list on its own and it takes up too much space at this time.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Navigation Codes (use with ctrl+f for quick navigation)[PBe] / [PW] - (co-)produced by Piet[BdG] / [MB] - (co-)produced by Benno[P&B] / [R1] - (co-)produced by Piet and Benno

2000[BdG] Benicio - For The Love Of You [ID&T][P&B] SPX - Straight To The Point [Smash Trax][PBe] Tazka - Your Eyes [Smash Trax]

1999-

1998[PBe] Carlos - Rush Me: Rush Me {A1} / Down Under Water {B1} [Karma][P&B] Tritone - I Know You're Out There inc: I Know You're Out There / What You're Doing To Me [Slotmachine][P&B] Two Disciples - To The Church inc: To The Church / You Know What I Feel [Whiplash! / Clubstitute Records][P&B] System Eight - Play It Rough inc: Play It Rough / Adventures On The Rocks [Karma]

Music by Mischa van der Heiden & Piet Bervoets.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional track infoGaia releases: Originally a solo-Armin alias that only saw one release in 2000 called '4 Elements' and served as the theme song for an event with the same name [http://partyflock.nl/party/296:4-Elements]. Armin brought it back in 2009 with Imagine studiopartner Benno. Ever since Tuvan, Benno has been involved on every Gaia.[http://www.discogs.com/Gaia-4-Elements/release/36850]Dreamchild: on the message board on their old site, a member named Art^ego said that "Dreamchild" was originally a Rank 1 production which Piet and Benno then decided to hand over to Johan Gielen since they didn't know what to do with it. Johan then finished the track with Jim Hermsen a.k.a. Outback.

No Release: appeared as a hidden track on the ID&T Presents Rank 1 compilation. As of 2015, it has never seen an official release.

Perfect Blend/Deep Ranger/Nigthware/Womanizer: in their ASOT #147 Piet explained that Mac J was a friend of theirs that was interested in making music with Piet and Benno, so they did. Sometimes Mac J tracks are listed as "Rank 1 presents Mac J".

Observing The Earth/Starship To Venus/Like This/Passion: Piet was only involved in the first Dyewitness release with Mischa van der Heiden, afterwards he left the formation.